tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70042667149611962812024-03-05T23:05:41.977-05:00Our Heart's JourneyThe day we saw you, we knew in an instant that you were ours. We couldn’t hold you, but our hearts melted every time we looked at you. Dreaming of you nightly, praying for you daily, and holding you in our hearts constantly until we can hold you in our arms forever!Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.comBlogger527125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-70143728889610569652014-05-27T21:27:00.001-04:002014-05-27T21:27:27.998-04:00Lacrosse practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Doesn't everybody have their own personal waterboy?</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0MpXyt2HoEfUm25x27voOtaqlvmVVVkdGWZ6j8BJE7vN9ZDFsaOrZy6uv9UBHtGZFtwFAWDKnm80zb8WlBHHIWRCfHphBQoKTzlfUerYn1B1bWcEQjyFq-tlZoCcD3bSDEVPnBYazLk/s640/blogger-image--855822684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0MpXyt2HoEfUm25x27voOtaqlvmVVVkdGWZ6j8BJE7vN9ZDFsaOrZy6uv9UBHtGZFtwFAWDKnm80zb8WlBHHIWRCfHphBQoKTzlfUerYn1B1bWcEQjyFq-tlZoCcD3bSDEVPnBYazLk/s640/blogger-image--855822684.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfo8h36ud33Rlj0IzjCu0U6aRi3hGLmdcdXcozFkym7AeQL-yjAMLwBGBHIQXXOtMs9kXH1rpb1tgBf2Vnz3ZeSkyqi9XN_M43KqxWR3oa_xpNBmna7TTGouYWSDJNxAxH_Ahve1bip0/s640/blogger-image-776967115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfo8h36ud33Rlj0IzjCu0U6aRi3hGLmdcdXcozFkym7AeQL-yjAMLwBGBHIQXXOtMs9kXH1rpb1tgBf2Vnz3ZeSkyqi9XN_M43KqxWR3oa_xpNBmna7TTGouYWSDJNxAxH_Ahve1bip0/s640/blogger-image-776967115.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pretty sunset!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLiXDpf-DF3Uv1NIu_W47EssK_rfToJPmRiPuKjj6jBT7MlB5x00eEFLpgqfsesKtad1CHPbeZuHeBYzDPTxnPfKM8_pno5DFwGMVnoVBNR6D7t8IxhUVGJEcPqSTpeVtdgAz3R9Bjlc/s640/blogger-image--41046849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLiXDpf-DF3Uv1NIu_W47EssK_rfToJPmRiPuKjj6jBT7MlB5x00eEFLpgqfsesKtad1CHPbeZuHeBYzDPTxnPfKM8_pno5DFwGMVnoVBNR6D7t8IxhUVGJEcPqSTpeVtdgAz3R9Bjlc/s640/blogger-image--41046849.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8WfiPVaXl_U2_gH6-7bF_bDA0BwxyIFzWPwy5ZdukFSaW-zkoeqozv7_S8961bidBK2xQz8go8gqprGWIAKUDIUvUox_VJrChHk6LZ6rg-Juar6EEJuEFQxYJG1Zxy7cvJDPdg6Vzj0/s640/blogger-image-695630828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8WfiPVaXl_U2_gH6-7bF_bDA0BwxyIFzWPwy5ZdukFSaW-zkoeqozv7_S8961bidBK2xQz8go8gqprGWIAKUDIUvUox_VJrChHk6LZ6rg-Juar6EEJuEFQxYJG1Zxy7cvJDPdg6Vzj0/s640/blogger-image-695630828.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-15315882062930704572014-05-19T22:14:00.001-04:002014-05-19T22:14:08.686-04:00Me and AustinStaying busy while Logan practices baseball! 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</span></div><div><br></div><div>The Scoop, by Austin<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHCeCAUrkjjPXgRBV4j2YJpiQ_MqDMBeDOgAQ314Va_0zTsmvWm6PzmxCSZZr18pMQ2RQIGv6_4QGgKErM_i3pr6Ih1Wb_1hKSQM4nIH2r0vYRDTJwKmnxXiM18QpbTk9_oUrgNrxfgk/s640/blogger-image-953531374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHCeCAUrkjjPXgRBV4j2YJpiQ_MqDMBeDOgAQ314Va_0zTsmvWm6PzmxCSZZr18pMQ2RQIGv6_4QGgKErM_i3pr6Ih1Wb_1hKSQM4nIH2r0vYRDTJwKmnxXiM18QpbTk9_oUrgNrxfgk/s640/blogger-image-953531374.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am a great cook!! See me by the stove?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kKsCtgjjCFaaTUkHu86ItBbW-epIRiRHijGmaCPPalYhIx2JEgjpC5WkqZ4rdhBtzs_HFN1ihr09RpnS-ozX6CWn15CRkOsQi5NMnJYFE6hlsYDdFhi5-TtZye1jS9I0b6bUn0rekg8/s640/blogger-image-541215534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kKsCtgjjCFaaTUkHu86ItBbW-epIRiRHijGmaCPPalYhIx2JEgjpC5WkqZ4rdhBtzs_HFN1ihr09RpnS-ozX6CWn15CRkOsQi5NMnJYFE6hlsYDdFhi5-TtZye1jS9I0b6bUn0rekg8/s640/blogger-image-541215534.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm very surprised he did not add flames to the stove! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Sccop, by Logan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxyjKiiNG_ZavUmRkqtMLmP6IhyU8i6Mcf0RGBXZtRO8kn0-INoAADkh0so4T_jkhGTc5kjee-ITWGKeTSWM0yliuKPuAp-ykJ3xnMw4966FTGVnlyEOUGSdQ-8HYVn7tC04CJWeivrY/s640/blogger-image-187419699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxyjKiiNG_ZavUmRkqtMLmP6IhyU8i6Mcf0RGBXZtRO8kn0-INoAADkh0so4T_jkhGTc5kjee-ITWGKeTSWM0yliuKPuAp-ykJ3xnMw4966FTGVnlyEOUGSdQ-8HYVn7tC04CJWeivrY/s640/blogger-image-187419699.jpg"></a></div>Bottom right hand corner, please note, "I am ferocious!!!" This is a HUGE victory for me!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Logan's portrait of me and him:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zbmnkE0BSE7ZEc7bmzrtICYRTgDkSPLZPdqS6_96cZuAJB_5fRbXfY2gEq1U8A-oMigfDO6Y-4CXja_ccm0DLArG6r7MIY2tE9RqfdGRlOmuV7W6KMscySCxSvSE6qaulvSsG8V-Lfo/s640/blogger-image-725270887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zbmnkE0BSE7ZEc7bmzrtICYRTgDkSPLZPdqS6_96cZuAJB_5fRbXfY2gEq1U8A-oMigfDO6Y-4CXja_ccm0DLArG6r7MIY2tE9RqfdGRlOmuV7W6KMscySCxSvSE6qaulvSsG8V-Lfo/s640/blogger-image-725270887.jpg"></a></div>I LOVE it!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Austin writes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She like to play with me. She like to eat with me. She like to sleep with me." :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6SULDsS2A8cBJMR-59GVImfvp2PlExj2XlkvJurCtYesjyYiLUAeWCh1q66Zf9muDoLRql0sFwfskrY7TheqsAn0x293lkLFCPanefAgWAmZtDyKvuvioJubzl36BVj2J5bRsVNAhZs/s640/blogger-image--867581887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6SULDsS2A8cBJMR-59GVImfvp2PlExj2XlkvJurCtYesjyYiLUAeWCh1q66Zf9muDoLRql0sFwfskrY7TheqsAn0x293lkLFCPanefAgWAmZtDyKvuvioJubzl36BVj2J5bRsVNAhZs/s640/blogger-image--867581887.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is me, as drawn by Austin:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC17xNTLJWzmo8MxGemCiFa2JnA6dPqXdo97wfz2xlAHkotkNa5gGI3sdshezFYQV9MIQH5HzcmOpV54U1PoFf0wWcrvVdHBXr82pbw48eMOr-0iZekR_driOgthr8eiUjfSiVG3o8Dcc/s640/blogger-image-2000354058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC17xNTLJWzmo8MxGemCiFa2JnA6dPqXdo97wfz2xlAHkotkNa5gGI3sdshezFYQV9MIQH5HzcmOpV54U1PoFf0wWcrvVdHBXr82pbw48eMOr-0iZekR_driOgthr8eiUjfSiVG3o8Dcc/s640/blogger-image-2000354058.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also got some great coupons!! Austin says his coupons (for laundry, for behaving, and for girls night out!)) are good for 17 times each!! Sweet!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxiW7-qBwF06AQZ7P4c1ERXta7m3lXKLWddU9PlAYA3gC5GgNJ-dKTtU1kcqVuFuQz0lDP6UiPb8J6-6ASmSE2zpoDToJ7MzUOuNlgneoaeku4EeuDXY4Q6Mn5j96w1QcLUu-J0DLvzI/s640/blogger-image-358472291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxiW7-qBwF06AQZ7P4c1ERXta7m3lXKLWddU9PlAYA3gC5GgNJ-dKTtU1kcqVuFuQz0lDP6UiPb8J6-6ASmSE2zpoDToJ7MzUOuNlgneoaeku4EeuDXY4Q6Mn5j96w1QcLUu-J0DLvzI/s640/blogger-image-358472291.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Logan's coupons are for a back run, taking out the trash and cleaning his room. 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We also had to drive home three hours in the car (from Evans graduation), a barely a peep was heard out of either of them!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRADXgfpV6ISZT1WiI9VrN-HnkQUUmylCPx7V4LI42m75DogytEU_PWivqCvSLFpvxfuitZqQyZMINPjaDyK00ZF9w76Mb2xPTJx9q5G6H6EVJKZlAi0SoBQt-XF8em9Ukxkv6eId8vQ4/s640/blogger-image-452943434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRADXgfpV6ISZT1WiI9VrN-HnkQUUmylCPx7V4LI42m75DogytEU_PWivqCvSLFpvxfuitZqQyZMINPjaDyK00ZF9w76Mb2xPTJx9q5G6H6EVJKZlAi0SoBQt-XF8em9Ukxkv6eId8vQ4/s640/blogger-image-452943434.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYihMpnRVs_teZHYnoP7XbrcaDQRDaJtasFIDDg0xLhiOJWcvPlrHAluQTJtVop1Q91XAOhJLN_4md6fx1ZL0CGodTcH3iUiInNunLHkCtLswbSQpBWnOBLRkUzAgK-ykneYBO_c9-OAA/s640/blogger-image--1366643150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYihMpnRVs_teZHYnoP7XbrcaDQRDaJtasFIDDg0xLhiOJWcvPlrHAluQTJtVop1Q91XAOhJLN_4md6fx1ZL0CGodTcH3iUiInNunLHkCtLswbSQpBWnOBLRkUzAgK-ykneYBO_c9-OAA/s640/blogger-image--1366643150.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love ya back!! </div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br></div></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-44607504104723902702013-03-18T22:48:00.001-04:002013-03-18T22:48:23.169-04:00My heroes!<div style="text-align: center;">
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On stage, people were getting their heads shaved - to raise money to fight childhood cancer. </div>
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Logan BEGGED and PLEADED to be allowed to get his head shaved!</div>
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He was relentless!</div>
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Getting some attention from the band! </div>
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My (cool) heroes! </div>
Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-77294300388847314682012-10-09T23:47:00.002-04:002012-10-11T10:58:50.229-04:00Funny StuffLogan is my thinker, always thinking! <br />
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Logan: "Mom, I'm glad I picked you as a mommy, when I was in Guatemala and they showed us pictures I said, "That one! That's the Mommy I want! and Austin said, 'That one,' too! So, you became our Mommy!"<br />
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Austin (While watching E.T.): "Mommy is he getting on his bike and running away? (he sighs) I want to do that one day!"<br />
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After football practice one day, where all the little boys were running around being little boys and not football players, Gary says, "That wasn't a very good practice today, Logan." Logan took great offense, "Yeah, well, you didn't have a very good day at work, Dad!"<br />
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On the way to a wedding, I sidetracked into a shop to see if I could find a better outfit to wear. I had the boys with me and I begged them not to run wild and crazy and to help Mommy find a new dress. I grabbed several dresses off the racks and the three of us crambed into a tiny dressing room. The third dress I tried on turned out to be one of those skin tight, body hugging dresses. Immediately, the boys started exclaiming, "OH MOMMY - your butt looks SOOOO good in that!" "NO - her boobies do!" I had barely gotten the dress on and was well on my way of trying to wriggle back out of it - and the boys, squeezed onto that little teeny tiny seat provided in the room, are running their hands all over the fabric and saying how soft and pretty it is. "Mommy, this is PERFECT! It's sooooo soft. And sooo colorful! And your BUTT! Mommy why are you taking it off? WE LOVE that dress<br />
Yeah - your butt. No her boobs!"<br />
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"Oh, My Gawd!!!! Would you two STOP! I am NOT getting this dress. Thank you for your comments." I sweat my way into another two dresses. Find one I like and wear it out. When I step out of the dressing room, I see quite the crowd has gathered to catch an eyeful of my two little fashion connoisseurs. <br />
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I swear - everyday, it's somthing unexpected and fun with these two!<br />
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The first day of school, Austin and Logan flew off the bus, raced home and were in the door, backpacks flown, snacks grabbed and watching tv, before I even caught up to them. I kept trying to get them to slow down and tell me something about their day. Logan finally stopped, looked at me, rolled his eyes and very attitud-ish said, 'Mom, we are in the first grade - it's. NOT. that. big. of. a deal."<br />
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I have found that when it is just the two of them and me, and I am trying to DO something...it is just easier to involve them then to try and get something accomplished by myself. So..early on, they have always "helped" me - cracking eggs, mixing the batter, sewing items, stocking the pantry, hanging pictures - whatever. <br />
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Same goes at the grocery store. I give them items, and maybe a coupon for them to "match" and they go about the store finding their items. Last week, at the great W*lma*t, I had them go pick up a gallon of milk. They first came back with two 1/2 gallons. Brilliant. Good thinking, guys! But, no - we need the big one. Off they go again, and then together, lug back the big gallon jub. And while approaching our cart, Logan says rather loudly, "Mom, I bet you didn't know you were adopting two strong boys who could do lots of heavy lifting for you. Like, carrying stuff upstairs, doing the laundry, stocking the water bottles, doing all the recycling..." Laughingly, I nod and try and sssh him, but he is relentless, "Did you, Mom? Aren't you lucky you adopted us for all this work and stuff?" Lawd - so not PC! And yes, people were looking at us!<br />
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One day, Austin came into the room I was sitting to ask me a question. After he got his answer, he turned to run out the room, but he looked back over his shoulder at me, his face lit up and he ran over to me, hugged me, kissed me, held my gaze for a minute, grinning from ear to ear and said, "Mommy, I just LOVE you to pieces!" and ran out of the room. Melts MY heart!! And it doesn't even matter that the room I was in was the bathroom! ;-)<br />
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While Logan was brushing his teeth one night, in between brushes, he says "Mom, when I grow up I'm not gonna marry a boring wife. I'm gonna marry a fun wife who likes to do fun stuff." He pauses, looks at me in the mirror and says, "What I'm trying to say, Mom, is you're the boring kind of wife." And then he goes into greats peels of laughter! Little bugger! <br />
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My two little characters!</div>
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Austin, left. Logan, right.</div>
Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-13230868386106527032012-09-30T23:04:00.000-04:002012-09-30T23:04:52.004-04:00Fall Sports<div style="text-align: center;">
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Logan is playing his first season of football!</div>
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When I signed him up, I thought I was signing him up for a FALL sport! </div>
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So...I was a wee bit surprised when, this SUMMER, we got an email about practive starting up in August. ALL of August. 6pm - 8pm Monday THROUGH Friday.</div>
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Ayi-yii-yiii-yiii!! Are you kidding me!?!</div>
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Thankfuly, Logan is a sports-aholic and loved every minute of it. </div>
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He wakes up talking football,</div>
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asking about his practice, his next game, etc.</div>
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This little boy breathes sports.</div>
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He's only six!!</div>
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He looks sooo big! </div>
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And so intense!</div>
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Bragging:</div>
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Logan is a phenominal little football player.</div>
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He runs the ball.</div>
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He grabs the flags.</div>
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He understands the game. </div>
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He loves the game.</div>
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It is sooooo fun to see him in his element.</div>
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And shine. </div>
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But.</div>
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Truthfully, I am hoping and begging that football will not be his chosen sport. </div>
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Way too rough for this Momma.</div>
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Too many concussions and injuries. </div>
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Austin flat out said "No Thank you to football!"</div>
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Which is a first...</div>
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I think he realized that he signed up for baseball</div>
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because he thought it would be cool...then realized he didn't actually enjoy anything about baseball.</div>
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So, I was very proud of him for thinking it through and saying No to football.</div>
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Although, now that he has seen Logan play, he may be a little more open to it.</div>
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He likes running the drills, etc. </div>
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We gave him lots of options for his Fall activity, and he chose Swimming.</div>
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Not just swim lessons, but swim team.</div>
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Austin has always been a phenominal little swimmer.</div>
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Always.</div>
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He has had practice for about three weeks and then had his first meet this weekend.</div>
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(sidenote: ohmylawd - whattheheck are these crazy events!)</div>
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Bragging: Austin raced in 4 heats (true story, I was calling them "heaps" til Gary gently and laughingly corrected me), he got 2nd place in one, 6th in one and we are not sure of the last one - it was a 50 (what yards?) down and back. </div>
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Of course, my camera went out on me, he doesn't have another meetfor a month. </div>
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But it's safe to say, </div>
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swimming is his sport:</div>
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Look at that precious face!</div>
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Getting instructions. It was a very, very confusing day!</div>
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But Austin remained focused. </div>
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Was ready to go when we yelled at, er....directed him that it was time to swim. </div>
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Yay for sports and cheering on your kids.</div>
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We are trying really, really hard to hold true to one sport per child per season.</div>
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Just trying to keep it real, and not overwhelm any of us.</div>
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Which - we are...</div>
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But we are having lots of fun right now cheering on our little athletes! </div>
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Lawd have mercy! These boys! </div>
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We were jumping on the trampoline.</div>
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Discussing our plan of participating in Krispy Kreme's "National Talk Like a Pirate" day and snagging a dozen (or two) free doughnuts by dressing up as pirates.</div>
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Then, the bleeping, effin', overpriced, inconveniently timed ice cream truck comes through the neighborhood.</div>
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I distinctly told the boys, "No. You are not buying ice cream from the ice cream truck."</div>
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But......Gawdigit!</div>
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They didn't listen. </div>
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What they DID do was</div>
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go into their room, climb to the TOP shelf,<br />
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grab their piggy banks down,</div>
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BREAK one open.</div>
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And BUY ice cream.</div>
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Actually, I think ALL of that was done by Austin.</div>
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AND when asked what he wanted, he clearly stated his ice cream preference and "allowed" Austin to purchase ice cream on his behalf. </div>
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Soooooooo.</div>
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yeah.</div>
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There goes that trip to Krispy Kreme's for the free doughnuts.</div>
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I announced that the illegally purchased ice cream was going into the trash,</div>
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but Austin threw it in the backyard instead.</div>
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(That one is ALWAYS the control freak!)</div>
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Austin got mad,</div>
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declared me the WORST, most Horriblest mother evah!</div>
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Packed his backpack and said he was running away.</div>
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Logan was just simply devastated.</div>
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BEGGED for a "redo."</div>
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Apologized over and over and over.</div>
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Asked if we could talk about it.</div>
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And in between,</div>
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would loose his marbles all over again.<br />
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We hadn't even had dinner yet.</div>
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I was making it through all this screaming, fit throwing and running away'ness.</div>
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Then, after I calmed down, I would come out,</div>
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and then, maybe...<br />
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.....a little distance</div>
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(like a door)</div>
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makes all the difference in the world. </div>
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I informed the boys that dinner was going on the table.</div>
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They could eat it <br />
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They could continue their fits,</div>
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But after 20 minutes, we were going upstairs for showers and bedtime.</div>
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It was up to them if they wanted full bellies.</div>
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Eventually.</div>
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Eventually.</div>
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They calmed down.</div>
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They took their showers.<br />
Climbed into bed.</div>
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We discussed the afternoon.</div>
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The poor decisions.</div>
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That, saying all those nasty things to mom, about me, about hating me,</div>
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doesn't change the fact that I still love them.</div>
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That Mommies are built to withstand those kinds of things.</div>
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We discussed that all those things they were saying about themselves,</div>
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"I'm stupid. I'm running away because you hate me."</div>
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really had no place in our lives.</div>
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That even Mommies and Daddies make bad decisions.</div>
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Bad decisions do not equal bad people.<br />
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It was an exhausting day,<br />
after a long day of work.<br />
And I can only hope that a lesson was learned.<br />
I can only hope that my <br />
loosing it, getting as equally frustrated <br />
doesn't scar them<br />
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...too much.<br />
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This 6 year old thing is tough.<br />
This being a mommy thing is tough.<br />
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I declare the day a success if we survive it.<br />
I really, really relish the happy, loving moments.<br />
The goofiness.<br />
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I remind myself that it would have been <br />
sooooooooooooooo easy<br />
to have just ignored their crime<br />
sooooooooooooooo easy<br />
to just go get the frickin' doughnuts.<br />
But that <br />
"easy" <br />
isn't<br />
always <br />
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And I remind myself that once they fall asleep, <br />
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Their quiet, non-talking back, sweet, sleeping beautifulness!</div>
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Logan, Day 2</div>
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Austin, Day 2</div>
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jazz hands!</div>
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First grade- you can tell because they are holding up ONE finger. Though Austin kept trying to gt a second one in there!</div>
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Also, the boys weren't exactly "cute and funny" this summer! hahaha<br />
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Seems they did really, really well at their camps, and for their sitter and mostly, for Nonnie. But....they saved up the good nasty, hot and tired attitudes/meltdowns for Mommy. When they did this at 2 and 3 (and even 4 and 5), I had a lot of patience. A lot. But at 6 - it's not so much fun anymore. And my patience seems to have finally worn off a tad. I spent a lot of my summer pretty darn tired and exhausted. Then again, mother nature has continued to bless me and my womanly ways and "that time" when a woman usually starts um, slowing down, has arrived much earlier for me. So, my attitude *may* just have a little to do with that as well! ;-) <br />
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And yet - in other ways, it was the easiest summer we have had yet. The boys got to go to their school for a free country rec program Mon thru Thurs from 8 to 2:30. Cannot. begin. to say what a BLESSING that was. It kept them in a routine. Kept them with friends. Wore them out. Diverted the whole need to complain about "boring" summers. and hello - it was FREE! <br />
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So, their schedule went like this: Wake up, dress, grab packed lunch, head to camp, play, play, play, arts and crafts, down time, outside play, more play. Nonnie or the babysitter would pick them up, bring them home - where they would then demand to be fed non-stop for 2.0 hours while vegging out on the couch and tv. Re-energize around 5ish, berade Mommy and Daddy all evening with "Entertain us! Play sports with us! Spend money on us! Take us places!" And then (thankfully) early bedtime. <br />
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We all did the best we could. But not a lot of noteworthy blog pictures to take in that above scenario! <br />
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We did have lots of swimming, a few day trips to the beach. Unbelievable, nasty HOT temperatures and then a very mild August. <br />
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And in typical summer fashion, there were a lot of other things going on too, like:<br />
Church Summer camp, Theatre camp, fishing, swimming, working on the musical at church, VBS, hanging with their new FAB babysitter:<br />
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Excruiatingly HOT!</div>
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July 4th fun</div>
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Amazing babysitter, breathtakingly beautiful!</div>
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But she is not gone out of our lives quite yet (or ever!), so I'll be sure to get one!</div>
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New looking, less cluttered, more grown up looking toy room.</div>
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Logan waiting for his fish!</div>
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In other news, Evan came and went - this year causing very little disruption to the twins anxiety levels. I'ld say it was rough for the first week he was home and tough again the week before he was leaving. Christmas 2011 sort of did Evan in. The twins were just out of control - with dad's new job and two weeks away training, the excitement of Christmas, the change in schedule with school break - it was all too much! ;-) They were holy terrors for about 6 weeks...if not longer! But I think we would all agree the summer went much better. And there were even a few moments of returning to the fun and goofey times between the three of them. Right, Evan? ....do you even check the blog anymore? ;-) <br />
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I hate that this post sounds all kinda debbie-downer, lol, but it is reality. It's our life. The twins' life. They are soooo full of energy. They are cuddly and snuggily one moment and then, feet planted in cement - not budging, demanding little twirps the next and then all out fit throwing, temper tantrum kid-cussing (they don't really cuss, but if they could, I'm pretty sure their rants would be laden with them!) knockdown, drag out fits! Gary and I have sought the help of a wonderful family counselor - who has helped us....help them. We have all noticed a marked changed in the boys. The fits are shorter. We handle them better. Recovery is more satifying - for all parties. We know that this will be the ebb and flow of our lives. There is no "cure" no "end" to their issues. And we are now in an optimistically good place to work with the boys through their more trying times. Although, dear Lord, please, PLEASE send re-enforcement angels during Austin's teen years. I. am. begging. <br />
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We are so blessed to be able to enjoy an awesome a great big house, a heated pool and a nice and quiet BIG open beach!</div>
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We missed a few regulars this year, Daddy, for one! And our biggest brother, Mason and his girlfriend, Lory. </div>
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The weather was not perfect - a little windy, a littl rainy, almost chilly at times.</div>
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</div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-69260077255870194652012-05-26T11:59:00.002-04:002012-05-26T11:59:34.765-04:00Baby AleaI came across this little doll out there in blogland. <br />
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And she stole my heart. <br />
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1/2 way around the world, fighting for her life - without a mommy and daddy.<br />
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But in the care of a wonderful home and she has lots of surragate mommies out here on the internet!<br />
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And of course, it didn't take long (milli-seconds?) for two little boys, who btw, have been praying for a little sister, to fall in love with her too. <br />
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They want to adopt her. <br />
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I want to adopt her. <br />
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I want to shout out loud enough for her to hear me. <br />
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"HOLD on, <br />
little girl. <br />
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FIGHT for it. <br />
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Fight for LIFE!"<br />
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Another adoption is not in our cards. It's not just a matter of finding the money. We have not been good stewards of what God has already given us - although we are making HUGE strides on our debt (yay!). <br />
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So, although Alea can't be OURS. She still has our HEARTS!<br />
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We are praying for her. We talk about her. We check her blog for updates.<br />
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One day, maybe she will KNOW. <br />
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She. <br />
was. <br />
NOT.<br />
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alone.<br />
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Lemonade and Artwork Stand for Baby Alea</div>
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The boys mostly drew butterflies and hearts.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-78559774864697329142012-05-13T09:00:00.000-04:002012-05-13T09:00:07.307-04:00Ten things I learned from my motherMy mom always gets me the most beautiful, the most perfect hallmark cards for every occasion. And she underlines the things that she especially agrees with! I never get her cards anymore. Basically, because right now in my chaotic life, I tend to live minute to minute which means I never "plan" that trip to the store to select cards. ;-) BUT what I do do is write! <br />
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So, mom (who has abandoned me on this Mother's Day and is already en route to the beach for a week!), here is your Mother's Day card! <br />
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Ten things I learned from my mother:<br />
1) How to sew, Mom is a seamstress. An excellent one! Somehow she managed to teach me how to sew. I hate patterns and just like to create. Any idea what that can do to a seamstress!?<br />
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2) To try and respect other people's things, take care of them. (I always borrowed Mom's jewelry, sweaters, etc...and usually lost them, tore them or somehow destroyed them. ;-( )<br />
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3) To stand by your man - even if you don't agree with him! There were a few times Dad raised his daughter rather um, old school wise. Much to my HUGE resentment. Mom hugged me, counseled me, agreed it wasn't fair, even talked to Dad on my behalf. But when he stuck to his guns, she stuck by his side...in a loving way, saying "Dad has his reasons for wanting to protect you and I have to support him. We'll get through this together."<br />
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4) Even though love alone can't save a broken child, never give up on him. <br />
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5) Screaming and yelling at your children does not have long term/lasting effects on them.<br />
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6) You don't have to like your children all of the time, but they always need to know they are loved and above all - accepted. <br />
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7) In times of financial stress, go without. And keep on workin at it - eventually you will cross over that mountain!<br />
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8) Women are stronger than men. And mothers never show their fear. <br />
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9) Mourn from the inside out. And then put one foot in front of the other to return to land of the living.<br />
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10) That thank you's from your children are implied and that's okay, but when they take the time to verbalize their appreciation, it does wonders for the spirit.<br />
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11) It's okay to let go and watch your children struggle and even fail, but it's also okay to step in at the last minute and save them! <br />
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12) Just by being there and showing support and not judging - you can make a huge difference in a person's life. And that you may have an additional 10 or so daughters at your house because of that accepting love!<br />
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13) Tell your daughter she is beautiful at every stage of her up and down weight. Compliment her often. On her abilities, on her perseverance, her attitude and especially on her own mothering capabilities! <br />
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14) Make your house a home, have lots of places for people to sit, make it warm and inviting, stuff doesn't always have to match, and it doesn't need to be high end. You'll know if you've achieved this by that fact that everybody falls asleep in your den (even first time visitors). And also - no one ever wants to leave your home!<br />
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15) That you are never too old to learn new tricks....or new responsibilities, like maintaining a home, and a lawn, and EVERYTHING else that a widow suddenly has to learn in her 70's.<br />
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16) How to have a HUGE heart! My mother gives and gives and gives to us, emotionally, physically, financially. There is no thank you BIG enough in this world to cover just how much she does for us. And most days, the kids fuss at her, we forget to thank her, and she probably goes home wondering why the heck she does what she does anyway! But I cannot even begun to wonder where we would be without her! I wouldn't be able to work as much, we would be living on Ramen noodles, I probably would have lost my mind, Gary would have left me for being so crazy, and the kids would be left to fend for themselves! ;-) <br />
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Obviously, it is not just TEN things I've learned from you, Mom! It's probably 1000x10. Everything I am is because of you. Because you have always believed in me. Always saw me to be more than I was. Or what I thought I was. You are the strongest woman I know. You are kicking life's ass at 71 years of age - you are beautiful, you are full of life, and you keep showing up on my doorstep everyday to watch your crazies! I LOVE you beyond measure! <br />
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Nonnie and all her grandsons (and their girlfriends!)</div>
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One of my favorite pictures of the three of them - they all so beautiful!</div>
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Nonnie is always ready to help the boys with their various experiments.</div>
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Including facepainting:</div>
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Austin is SO serious about painting Nonnie's face, but she is CRACKING UP!</div>
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(as was I)</div>
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Yes, the "paint" is chalk!</div>
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Nonnie is a TROOPER!</div>
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She does this a LOT!</div>
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Nonnie, my brother (Mitch) and his better half (Patsy).</div>
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Me and my other half. </div>
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Mom, I love you to pieces!</div>
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I know, even today, especially today, </div>
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you are still in the background of my life. </div>
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You do you not receive near enough the appreciation and recognition you deserve!</div>
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But I am putting it out here for all the world to know. </div>
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You made me. Not just created me, but MADE me, the woman I am today.</div>
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Thank you!</div>
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I love you!</div>
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You put up with a LOT from me!</div>
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I know it is, by far, not the easiest job in the world!</div>
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Have fun at the beach,</div>
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and we'll see you in a few days.</div>
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HAPPY MOTHERS, DAY!!!</div>
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</div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-59085746641363104552012-05-10T15:12:00.003-04:002012-05-10T15:12:40.422-04:00More Conversations!I made cookies one day. On a Saturday. About 45 minutes after they had beenout of the oven, Gary teased me for eating them all. "No, I didn't Gary. In fact, noone has eaten any."<br />
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Gary: "Well, there are no cookies on the counter."<br />
Me: "huh?" I go to investigate. Sure enough the cookies are gone.<br />
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Then, in my head, I play back everything that had happened that morning and start laughing. <br />
Gary, "Why are you laughing?"<br />
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I said, "Do you see a tupperware container anywhere around here? Maybe with some money in it?"<br />
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We both start looking. Gary hollers, "Yep, I've got one in the toy room. What's the connection?"<br />
Me, "I do believe our innovative child, Austin has been quite jealous of the Girl Scouts, and wanted in on the action. I'm pretty sure he sold our cookies to all of the neighbors!"<br />
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I made another batch for us....and told Austin NOT to sell these! We also had a little conversation about selling items, raising money versus pocketing money!<br />
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As I was walking through the living room one day, Austin looks up at me with a surprised look on his face and says, "Wow, Mommy! You look pretty. I thought you were Dad."<br />
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I mean where does one even start to unwind and understand that comment? <br />
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Does Gary dress up in my clothes when I'm not around?<br />
Am I pretty in a manly facial hair sort of way? <br />
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20 minutes and a few less brain cells later, I had repieced the events according to Austin:<br />
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I had just stepped in front of Austin who was coloring on the floor (Not ON the floor, but on a piece a paper on the floor!). I was wearing a pair of black dansko-eque type of shoes. And he thought that the black shoes looked like Daddy's work shoes. When he looked up, he was surprised to see me and not Daddy (who wasn't even home at the time, btw!), then he thought I looked really retty (awww!) and THEN he shared with me that he thought I was Dad. <br />
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One day after one too many heavy sighs, Logan grabs ahold of my hand and says, "Mom, is being a parent hardwork?" <br />
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I laughed, "Well, yes Logan. A lot of times it's pretty fun, but sometimes, well, a lot of times, it's kinda hard."<br />
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Loan: "Yeah, I know. I am soooo lucky to be a kid, huh?"<br />
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My response to a request to jumping on the trampoline, <br />
"No, honey, Mommy is tired."<br />
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What I heard back,<br />
"Well, Austin is not."<br />
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While laying down with Logan one night, after several minutes of quietness, he softly says,<br />
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Evan had just been home for Sping Break. His room is right next to the boys. I am immediately flooded with the thought that Logan had overheard some very disturbing conversation. <br />
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"Uh, yeah? Really? So, what makes you say that, Logan?"<br />
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Logan: "Because, Mommy. He is going to be done with college soon and so, the next thing to do is to become a daddy."<br />
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I breathe again. And then we discuss some other steps that Evan could pursue in between college and making a baby. <br />
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Austin: "Hey, mom, can we go to Guatemala for my birthday?"<br />Me: "Uh, I don't know. That would be sort of hard to plan on such sort notice. Is there a particular reason you want to go to Guatemala?"<br />
Austin: "Well, you said they had the best fruit in the world there. Remember? And it was all juicy and delicious. I would like some of that. So, can we go?"<br />
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Logan: "Mom how do you spell xxxxxxxxx?" I spelled it out. <br />
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Logan: "Mom, how to you spell, Power Ranger Samurai online games?" <br />
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huh? <br />
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I looked over and saw Logan on my computer and on th einternet. The previous word he had asked me to spell was my computer log in! So, he had opened up my computer, typed in my password, got onto the internet and was looking for the Samurai game. <br />
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Lord only knows how he knew my password. I can think of only a handful of times I've said it out loud to Gary/Evan or Mason. Cah-razy! <br />
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Momma's got to stay on her toes!<br />
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<br />Logan comes flying into my bed one night, "MOMMA!!! Somebody peed in my bed."<br />
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Imagine that! Somebody breaking into our house, creepin up to Logan's bed and peeing in it while he was soundly sleeping. Some nerve!!<br />
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Dear Lord! Where has the time gone!! </div>
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Aiy-yi-yi!</div>
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Yes - the boys turned SIX yesterday!</div>
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We had a wonderful birthday WEEKEND!</div>
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One of the bad things about having a birthday on the 29th of the month...</div>
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It hit April - and the boys KNEW that it was their birthday month...</div>
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Boy - was that a LONG month!</div>
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Luckily, the construction paper chain link helped us count it down. </div>
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Excitement really started brewing around Wednesday or Thursday last week, as the chain got shorter and shorter.</div>
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Friday afternoon, we kicked off their birthday weekend with a school carnival - </div>
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so nice of them to coordinate with our big day....</div>
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all of their classmates, gathered in one location, playing games, eating popcorn and cotton candy, winning cakes at the cake walk (we played twice, won each time - joy!).</div>
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Bidding on items at the silent auction - unbeknownst to either Gary or I, Logan was walking around and signing his name to a few baskets. Lucky for us, he only won one! And not too bad, he bid on a $98 picnic basket filled with all sorts of goodies - and it only set us back about $25! lol</div>
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Saturday, we stayed indoors, cuddled on the couch with Tinkerbell and rested for our baseball game.</div>
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Which was played in. the. rain. boo!</div>
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Later, we had a pre-party with of course, presents!</div>
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Austin decorated his own paper for Logan..and Daddy helped. But over on the right, you can see Austin's picture of our trampoline/basketball hoop combo!</div>
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Logan got Austin a toy version of The Claw! Austin ALWAYS wants to sink money into the real Claw games anywhere he sees them...though he has never won a single item. </div>
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Happy to report, while the mini-game version is challenging, prizes have been won!</div>
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Church, fun! fun! and more fun!</div>
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And then the PART-TAY. </div>
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Once again, we had offered separate parties to the boys, but they ended up combining. </div>
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Theme: Ninja Training Course!</div>
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Adding school friends into the mix, we had about 25 kids.</div>
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Yikes!</div>
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We begged, bribed and pleaded with Nonnie to have it at her house!</div>
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The main reason, I wanted to avoid combining 25 kids and the trampoline in my backyard!</div>
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Also, Nonnie has an amazing carport (that my brother built).</div>
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And was the perfect location for the PART-TAY!</div>
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Nonnie loves us. And her boys. </div>
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So, she said YES!</div>
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After Logan got done breaking his board, Austin hugged him and said, "Logan - are you happy? This is your DREAM (breaking boards) come true!!</div>
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Part of the Ninja training course, walking across a beam and smacking the big balloons with a battle ax.</div>
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Not part of the "supervised" course. Logan and his fried, Ryan - sword fighting on the beam!</div>
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Sort of what 25 kids playing Sword-mitten look like! </div>
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Getting ready to load up their chopsticks and carry marshmellows for points!</div>
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Um, yeah - that WAS a huge pinata!</div>
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Note the really big, nice bounce house in the background!</div>
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Friends just happened to own one, and those awesome friends just happened to bring it to the party for us! Boo-yah! = Fun!</div>
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What 25 kids picking up candy look like. </div>
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What Ninja cakes look like!<br />
No, I did not make them. But I made the phone call...to my lovely neighbor..who did make them!<br />
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Happy Birthday, Austin!</div>
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Happy Birthday, Logan - please don't catch your Ninja headgear on fire!</div>
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The back of their cool shirts I made!</div>
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Austin and his bestest girl, sharing a moment!</div>
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The boys have started their first season of baseball. Gary is helping to coach. I am really enjoying the games! More so than soccer...but not sure why. I love soccer, but when all the boys are in a huddle, it's hard for me to see who is doing what. I usually feel like I'm just watching a huddle of feet run around a soccer field. </div>
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With baseball - I get to see each boy do (or not do ) his thing! Plus....I have always, always been a sucker for a boy in a backwards baseball hat!</div>
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Austin, looking, precious to me, in his catcher equipment!</div>
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Austin rght. Logan, left.</div>
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Logan, ready to bat.</div>
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He might play a little on the bench, but for the most part he is "in" the game at all times!</div>
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Logan - nice swing!</div>
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Austin on first, ready for his brother to hit him to second!</div>
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Logan on base after a great hit! </div>
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Logan: catching.</div>
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His favorite position - he says!</div>
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I don't know what Logan is doing, but his facial expression is very cute!</div>
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Austin is Number 9. Do you see this? </div>
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Do you see how HE is trying to take over the coach's Post-game summation!?!</div>
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And, Yes, that IS a finger he is pointing/shaking at the coach.</div>
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But, maybe not baseball. </div>
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This was how he played outfield.</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzxz15R2lfVuA21pmGQiAM74RGF_W0P520cm3hH1yD1IbTUDYIytH5VD8_iIvijIFGa1nI2Fg2VLlscn5zUZA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center"></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-36495047731116570532012-04-08T22:43:00.000-04:002012-04-08T22:43:54.384-04:00Easter 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1Q4IwwDFHH3bY4hREwtoQHE186mV2nui35_vIuTQemgqAq2-caO7M6j1QMg9a6Xh-9OEPQd3MkmSk6ZZOppAtjg3eGH66lsZgrvxFuqebuqZWjUb79-AFBOHViQsto7FiLuJSbO9Ebk/s1600/Logan+and+Austin+Easter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1Q4IwwDFHH3bY4hREwtoQHE186mV2nui35_vIuTQemgqAq2-caO7M6j1QMg9a6Xh-9OEPQd3MkmSk6ZZOppAtjg3eGH66lsZgrvxFuqebuqZWjUb79-AFBOHViQsto7FiLuJSbO9Ebk/s400/Logan+and+Austin+Easter2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> My handsome little men!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was beautiful weather! Evan was home (and Amanda, but she somehow escaped my camera..boo!). Nonnie hosted us two days in a row. It was a fantastic weekend (aside from Mommy being sick for 3.5 days). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys wrote the Easter bunny the ight before and asked for some pretty major items. We tried explaining that the Easter bunny doesn't quite work like Santa. ;-) However, they were quite disappointed the next morning - not ungrateful, just disappointed. They each asked a few times if we were the ones that go out and buy the stuff. And I tried to avoid flat out lying, but I do really want them to keep that magical hope alive. I feel like they've only just kinda "grasped" the whole concept and I do want to give them a few more magical moments before it's all shattered by some 5th grader on the bus! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> ;-)</div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-26193508642340752012012-03-04T20:41:00.000-05:002012-03-04T20:41:48.633-05:00Up to it, Again!<div style="text-align: center;">Either I'm getting older or maybe it's more "tireder" - </div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin is still up to his old tricks, but I seem to be finding less humor in them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have documented some rather good ones and have enough for a post. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So, enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Said randomly one day, in the middle of doing nothing, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin: "Mom, when you die, can I have your Ipad? Oh, wait - or are you gonna have it with you, probably on your belly? Well - if you don't take it, can I have it? I know, don't tell me - first Mason gets it, then Evan, then Logan and then me. Right?" </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(We have never talked about "leaving things" and I have no idea how he grasps the whole concept. And I never got a word in, I just thought the whole thing was rather funny!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Numbers! Numbers! Austin memorizes all sorts of numbers - he knew his home phone number in no time. He was all excited because he got a five digit lunch number at school. Both boys love to tell me their bus number, their room number, etc. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did get a little concerned one day, however; when he started telling me EVERYONE else's lunch numbers! I made him double pinky promise that he would never-ever try to use any of his friends' numbers at the lunch counter! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Party time!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin came home from school one Friday talking about how he was going to have a party.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Told me who he was inviting, etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He bugged me about all night.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I tried to explain to him that these things had to be organized.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He responded that he HAD organized it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Later that weekend, I checked messages, </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Even though we have a home phone, I never answer it and rarely check messages!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was a message left on Friday from a rather distraught mother.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her child was insisting there was a party at Austin's that night that he had been invited to.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kid had (been forced to) memorize our home phone number.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The child was so insistent that the mother thought she had missed something and her child just would not be consoled, so she embarrassingly called the number hoping to get clarity on the situation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(After I stopped laughing,) I had a discussion with Austin about organizing parties and forcing kids to memorize his phone number. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Any else seeing some FUN teenage years in our future?? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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New lingo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin now tells us he has a "Safety Tattle!" </div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently if someone (him) is in danger - you are allowed to do a Safety Tattle. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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And lastly, I would like to document/record some of my recent Facebook status updates:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">As a mother, I try to never miss a teaching opportunity! Austin, "Mom, you look Japanese." Huh? "With that thing on your head.".Me: "Austin, the culture you are referring to is 'Indian' and that thing on my head is a zit, not a traditional bindi worn as a Hindu symbol of marriage and prosperity."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Just talked to Nonnie - she's at home with the twins. She just "caught" Austin trying to ride his bicycle down the slide in the backyard! ;-) Poor Nonnie - she's going to have a heart attack watching these boys! Then, she sent me this picture - they buried their "Rocks" and created tombstones for them! ...they've only been home from school for 45 minutes!<span class="fcg"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdpwReCrlDZLnwEPIQrsH0DPak6KIc8NTazzCDNeD2Yd-k6TlLa9VTVdtg6DKvZPds3fVglkC45-gncbMawZQFn45fu_Eo8CHMMfeIp5q3h_vNAhKFgOioylegf6E4UBEcaUaL8GUnoI/s1600/0227021517_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdpwReCrlDZLnwEPIQrsH0DPak6KIc8NTazzCDNeD2Yd-k6TlLa9VTVdtg6DKvZPds3fVglkC45-gncbMawZQFn45fu_Eo8CHMMfeIp5q3h_vNAhKFgOioylegf6E4UBEcaUaL8GUnoI/s400/0227021517_0001.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
~~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="fcg"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Parent teacher conferences today. Both boys are doing well...but Austin's teacher looked so serious when she told us that she thinks he may be a little challenged with organization. I thought Gary and I were gonna fall out of our 12inch chairs from laughing so hard! That's kinda like saying the ocean may have some water in it!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~~</div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-857820708155665472012-02-27T18:31:00.000-05:002012-02-27T18:31:00.477-05:00Yellow Belts!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know what you're thinking - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WHY we would arm these boys with MORE fight knowledge?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">;-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But - I was thinking along the lines of them learning some self-discipline - ya know, that sort of stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, Austin and Logan's grandparents and us paired up to give the boys karate uniforms and 6 weeks of lessons as our Christmas gift. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Needless to say, the gifts were a HUGE hit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And...there was some self-discipline learned in there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somewhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mid-February, they tested for their yellow belts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GNTsFi_4XKyhrQIWJVBLD-Hw50izu7-I1cbfqPxPkCXWgYx6qwxuVetIyV7QN0jufQQym_lhbfieMcGL8w-gRzRmuVi4CGERWctkJ_dq8r-nlqifac2ocB6INoNIOJpeCKGVbUZB2_c/s1600/karate+077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GNTsFi_4XKyhrQIWJVBLD-Hw50izu7-I1cbfqPxPkCXWgYx6qwxuVetIyV7QN0jufQQym_lhbfieMcGL8w-gRzRmuVi4CGERWctkJ_dq8r-nlqifac2ocB6INoNIOJpeCKGVbUZB2_c/s400/karate+077.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Logan is the boy closest to us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6f4NzwzopFVR4eFRdL2aqZ4GNVTsUOAGo4IzAAyL5TqrsgTTB0kiEp_QPKVjHTQf4fBSlI02RV_1uVcFVFzhZm_2wr6UKuPZKA1k8BG-nPajHuf2cUiERt4kglTM6-URLXt0v4jcjPH0/s1600/karate+079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6f4NzwzopFVR4eFRdL2aqZ4GNVTsUOAGo4IzAAyL5TqrsgTTB0kiEp_QPKVjHTQf4fBSlI02RV_1uVcFVFzhZm_2wr6UKuPZKA1k8BG-nPajHuf2cUiERt4kglTM6-URLXt0v4jcjPH0/s400/karate+079.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Austin is the one further away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj8ooGiY9yM_-vRoU46Jda6ElvwJzQh-9pJh3-35zUKBtA62Sl9vWDmPQ8P44Mg9elR2QD3XR5T9q4KVRqy_OPRJIGp7z_ueULW6j41SaoNHtBA6URT18yE9H1c-GzqEU7blkJN2B2PQ/s1600/karate+082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj8ooGiY9yM_-vRoU46Jda6ElvwJzQh-9pJh3-35zUKBtA62Sl9vWDmPQ8P44Mg9elR2QD3XR5T9q4KVRqy_OPRJIGp7z_ueULW6j41SaoNHtBA6URT18yE9H1c-GzqEU7blkJN2B2PQ/s400/karate+082.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin getting his certificate and belt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodT9Vx_OHJOPKcib-MJoQKfylSi_4LmzuWTmd2-nMfAH-a2O5XM2eHRqwDYsXaYkxYAQvftO3A4MZCDpQwPVmiBVAwjpY7D7MTrrn8-sqmIQciwbQd3wVZwEKCi1CCFz9uaIWUnjWUqY/s1600/karate+083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodT9Vx_OHJOPKcib-MJoQKfylSi_4LmzuWTmd2-nMfAH-a2O5XM2eHRqwDYsXaYkxYAQvftO3A4MZCDpQwPVmiBVAwjpY7D7MTrrn8-sqmIQciwbQd3wVZwEKCi1CCFz9uaIWUnjWUqY/s400/karate+083.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div align="center">Logan</div><div align="center">My attempts to get better pictures after:</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCPprT3zoxeGGTC444vuwD3GJJUX8qsuS7yrUKUWYxTpIuwooEmtu3iNVi9dz36rhvkWCTJ3a1TDyutq_loEi3wLoKzU0DUZbfPnvHm8X8hMQhmiwtZiyG5TeaPepGMlQXcjf1IOh3pg/s1600/karate+084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCPprT3zoxeGGTC444vuwD3GJJUX8qsuS7yrUKUWYxTpIuwooEmtu3iNVi9dz36rhvkWCTJ3a1TDyutq_loEi3wLoKzU0DUZbfPnvHm8X8hMQhmiwtZiyG5TeaPepGMlQXcjf1IOh3pg/s400/karate+084.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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Not the best photos, the lighting sucked. - but the memories of a wonderful adventure are there!<br />
Next stop, baseball!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-51083801905466067502012-02-25T17:58:00.000-05:002012-02-25T17:58:01.660-05:00Mummies!<div style="text-align: center;">We recently went to the local museum and learned all about mummies! Boy - I got a slight taste of what the teachers must go through on a daily basis! I'm glad my boys like learning, but my oh my - the questions were non-stop! ;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our "old" neighbors, Sean and Ryan completed out the foursome on this trip!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6i6cmgwKN96gulfdmhGYROtKtzgK8F6MjJp9rgV2VjgTPyqf-igF29Dq85_DorT5Zc71AqhF-G6BunqMRGPwIj2zSidlTuI2C6VqippEq-E6eRJ_dZUxCsE68b22bHnkhG3ccp-LCLXM/s1600/VDAY+1350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6i6cmgwKN96gulfdmhGYROtKtzgK8F6MjJp9rgV2VjgTPyqf-igF29Dq85_DorT5Zc71AqhF-G6BunqMRGPwIj2zSidlTuI2C6VqippEq-E6eRJ_dZUxCsE68b22bHnkhG3ccp-LCLXM/s400/VDAY+1350.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sean (he's HUGE), Ryan,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin and Logan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibe86V20UPt8T4K9ANtBoFiTAGwtjJYHZ4Y7lZeWzq-5y_6czqNRUCzcxIzF3Lqlom4x1XBLhKOrox8sfm_NXY9DJq4GHLfyt8uLlY2UTRtOSfKMHodYFCJe1fCD1k1tgG4Uq7ffHlc3A/s1600/VDAY+1357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibe86V20UPt8T4K9ANtBoFiTAGwtjJYHZ4Y7lZeWzq-5y_6czqNRUCzcxIzF3Lqlom4x1XBLhKOrox8sfm_NXY9DJq4GHLfyt8uLlY2UTRtOSfKMHodYFCJe1fCD1k1tgG4Uq7ffHlc3A/s400/VDAY+1357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Austin is in the red, Logan front and grey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This picture cracks me up...and freaks me out! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just interviewed the </div><div style="text-align: center;">boys to see if they could </div><div style="text-align: center;">"add" to this post so that it's not just pictures!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan says, "We were REALLY freaked at first!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then he sang the Backyardigans song: "What's so fun about Ancient Egypt..."</div><div style="text-align: center;">He continued, "The symbols on their tombs means special stuff. And I learned that they got wrapped in cloth. And that one of the mummies at the museum had a bowl stuck to his head where the oils had dried! And afterward, me and Austin got scared of the Mummies because we had nightmares."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>[..although, I don't think Austin really did!] </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And after all of that, I asked Austin what he wanted to say about the day at the museum and he said,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "We didn't have ANY snacks!!" </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tru dat, my little man. Tru dat!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, we did have outside play time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1un027WGx401TPaYTSA3shu6391OfQ8uiAA0HS5XVuqM5iVZS-3SIMrS-8TEf0Kea5NyWcmN08u2ID_GfuQTSPAJbnj8eu-DTvKejR3wsDdkdA_a2mdBOt0X_oCwUxVsHgOSheWTr2U/s1600/VDAY+1369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1un027WGx401TPaYTSA3shu6391OfQ8uiAA0HS5XVuqM5iVZS-3SIMrS-8TEf0Kea5NyWcmN08u2ID_GfuQTSPAJbnj8eu-DTvKejR3wsDdkdA_a2mdBOt0X_oCwUxVsHgOSheWTr2U/s400/VDAY+1369.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think this is our second "cultural" experience in 5 years. This time, nobody yelled at us like they did <a href="http://www.twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-at-theatre.html">here!</a></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-91177550480650340902012-02-20T18:14:00.001-05:002012-02-20T18:21:21.116-05:00Blizzard of 2012!<div style="text-align: center;">We've spent most of this winter in short sleeves, yet....the snowgods shined down upon us and brought us a real snow storm this weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">After we got home from church, we had a real wet, icy snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLcNn7g9BHzCi5YDOpF0fOvwOcER1cSkfZlVaKortvSPZbUHqpYnQRbmfBIz6djQSgqoVxH5Mtry1cMVN3GCU_UbVxaw1XMrRk9QvuADL5CB-8vATTMrWnDLu3iOD9s-7rSA94kjrYjU/s1600/417354_3273395444510_1556145433_2899839_809951240_n%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLcNn7g9BHzCi5YDOpF0fOvwOcER1cSkfZlVaKortvSPZbUHqpYnQRbmfBIz6djQSgqoVxH5Mtry1cMVN3GCU_UbVxaw1XMrRk9QvuADL5CB-8vATTMrWnDLu3iOD9s-7rSA94kjrYjU/s400/417354_3273395444510_1556145433_2899839_809951240_n%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But enough for Daddy and the boys to have a snowball fight!<br />
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Then, not much else happened.<br />
Or rather, we sorta missed it. <br />
Inside watching a movie, on the way to bed - this is what had happened outside!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM_t7nwgxNGBRR8PpT1Ws8J0JmhEArzWTLUJrnCuavcn9szqow5K5iIss8oqNYcGdYIHWdg78v-g9vFZQbXkTrAfKJnaYVhb5jz9j4cuh-msr1J_UroXp2oBpu3MFoeeVI-k05Dcl2Mk/s1600/snow!+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM_t7nwgxNGBRR8PpT1Ws8J0JmhEArzWTLUJrnCuavcn9szqow5K5iIss8oqNYcGdYIHWdg78v-g9vFZQbXkTrAfKJnaYVhb5jz9j4cuh-msr1J_UroXp2oBpu3MFoeeVI-k05Dcl2Mk/s400/snow!+002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I went to bed crying, SO upset because we hadn't taken the boys out in the snow, and the weather forecasters said with the warmer temperatures, it was going to melt quickly in the morning.<br />
;-( <br />
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I had Gary wake me up at 5am! I tried to wake the boys up.<br />
;-) <br />
But...they wouldn't bunch.<br />
I let them be and at 7am, they woke up ran to the window, saw we still had snow on thr gound and <br />
we ran out of the house and were on the hills by 7:19am! <br />
;-)<br />
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YAY!!!<br />
And dear lord! I must have dressed them TOO warm, because they never complained about the cold - not once!<br />
Austin just fussed about his gloves every two seconds. <br />
Our dear friends joined us.<br />
And THREE HOURS later,<br />
we finally got them to come in for hot cocoa and an insdie playdate.<br />
By 1:30pm - the snow was gone!<br />
What an AWESOME, AWESOME day!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
(And I learned that 8am sunlight makes for amazing photos!)<br />
Logan - blue, Austin - green<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, we are fully ready for Spring!</div><br />
</div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-33957630950999401862012-02-14T20:01:00.001-05:002012-02-14T20:07:43.300-05:00Valentine's Day<div style="text-align: center;">Holidays just take on soooooooo much excitement and fun these days!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">For Valentine's, Austin wanted to make birdfeeders - found a super easy way to do that, but haven't heard back from the birds, yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hMo7PdDEbq5mhYuESHOeKQwgpSKHaDaP_mR0x21IHVl-epA2LWhWU3F2oltrk8I-YhYoHyYs4DxdDrRX_AXbtCCRNx8BmBfWSrDr3gD0oTK_gaASmYOBpJahKaJlOxBR2RnUwCmHT24/s1600/VDAY+1451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hMo7PdDEbq5mhYuESHOeKQwgpSKHaDaP_mR0x21IHVl-epA2LWhWU3F2oltrk8I-YhYoHyYs4DxdDrRX_AXbtCCRNx8BmBfWSrDr3gD0oTK_gaASmYOBpJahKaJlOxBR2RnUwCmHT24/s400/VDAY+1451.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We mixed gelatin with the bird seed and then filled cookie cutters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Too cute! If not a little sticky!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Logan wanted to make everyone special cards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxRvDK9MS02j6T2wkUnktDbPlvnEpsVICSaxOqyIyhD6_tkUXJ-sIFtMJQaKfBmSISoRkjaTO7SZdHiTN5ihkLi6tRUdYSPaqOTP-2_TB31R31HwSSUVix1bMzQBdrcz5zgK0qAwXtEg/s1600/VDAY+1457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxRvDK9MS02j6T2wkUnktDbPlvnEpsVICSaxOqyIyhD6_tkUXJ-sIFtMJQaKfBmSISoRkjaTO7SZdHiTN5ihkLi6tRUdYSPaqOTP-2_TB31R31HwSSUVix1bMzQBdrcz5zgK0qAwXtEg/s320/VDAY+1457.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Austin, left. Logan, right.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">They were intense with their car making!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And for Nonnie's card, Logan wanted me to make the BIGGEST heart that I could. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sweet!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, a few month's back, the boys wanted Tinkerbell to have a birthday, so based on estimations, we calculated her birthday to be sometime in February...why not Valentine's Day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiTJPHutIBllT3Qmb0PsDSIhEZcIBuBd54p45Soelfzuxgvr44qMNxkquhj-RqoXNAZG31mtlDfL6_l2W_hAylspYmD-Slf6mm70rdCUuUiBDKNmbUx1dFT-nGTtCdla5b-zktgY0y-E/s1600/VDAY+1465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiTJPHutIBllT3Qmb0PsDSIhEZcIBuBd54p45Soelfzuxgvr44qMNxkquhj-RqoXNAZG31mtlDfL6_l2W_hAylspYmD-Slf6mm70rdCUuUiBDKNmbUx1dFT-nGTtCdla5b-zktgY0y-E/s400/VDAY+1465.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>(Why, yes it DOES say "Tink" and it does have a little pink paw print, too!)<br />
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HUGE side story: </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Cake 2 two.<br />
Cake 1 exploded!<br />
Yes...exploded! I had cooked the cake in a glass dish. Then, set it on top of the stove...where I had just removed the pan with the melted gelatin for the bird feeders and suddenly, I had to duck a flying power ranger morpher that was being thrown at a brother in anger. I stopped to reprimand everyone...and in less than 5 minutes...KABOOM! Exploding cake! Cuz when ducking flying power ranger morphers, one tends to forget to turn off the stove. And glass pans do NOT like to cook on the top of a burner. Yikes! Kids and I were just a few feet away. Thank GOD no one got hurt. Austin saw the whole thing - the cake got BIGGER and BIGGER and then when it exploded, and the glass went flying, he thought that ice had come crashing in through the windows! He wants to me to "do it again!" Logan, my angst filled child would like to move to another house where cakes don't explode!<br />
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Okay, so back to Tinkerbell's party.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan wanted her to have a bone cake that she could eat.<br />
Don't ask me how to gods shined down on this one, but lo and behold, one was found. <br />
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Tink - <br />
You are tiny. You are precious!<br />
You hang with the boys for fun and play.<br />
You snuggle down with all of us at night. <br />
You wake us up withkisses each morning.<br />
You greet us like we are the best thing to ever happen to you.<br />
You are my only other female companion in the house. <br />
I LOVE taking you to work with me!<br />
I LOVE watching my big, burly husband run down the street after you, calling out "Tinkerbell! Tinkerbell!" It really makes me giggle!<br />
We didn't expect you. We weren't planning on you. <br />
But you are such an awesome little addition to our family!<br />
WE love you, and Happy Birthday, precious!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">2010</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqGf3zBiz1gQH9OZLgVsNJ6C0tLJ6oeZUNhTqDUwoyrn1VXKBrvI9LBFYfJdYpD77aQtVBf0TDDYGIY1C5gdNUOGs6EQ6VQpZOJdylasL9E6rt2jEJDTpSzBoFsHax8JCoFJae-bA2mc/s1600/22347_1308396982316_1002324166_936204_1725926_n%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqGf3zBiz1gQH9OZLgVsNJ6C0tLJ6oeZUNhTqDUwoyrn1VXKBrvI9LBFYfJdYpD77aQtVBf0TDDYGIY1C5gdNUOGs6EQ6VQpZOJdylasL9E6rt2jEJDTpSzBoFsHax8JCoFJae-bA2mc/s400/22347_1308396982316_1002324166_936204_1725926_n%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bonus, we added our good buddy, Van to the shot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love seeing them "grow" like this, the time stamp of it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do NOT like my boys growing up, though!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">;-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004266714961196281.post-15583831636771164402012-01-08T22:36:00.001-05:002012-01-09T08:51:25.579-05:00Are they alike?<div style="text-align: center;">Austin had a project for school, to decorate/embellish a snowman (and tell a story). Logan wanted to do it, too. So, both boys worked on their snowman tonight. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I could capture these two images and carry them around with me....and show it in response to the, "Are they alike?" question that I am often asked with them being identical twins. Because I always laugh, and go, "No. No they are not alike at all!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin is God's answer to my mothers prayers. That I would one day know what it was like for my mother to have to deal with my careless ways. Austin's pure lackadaisical ways make my carefree spirit look like OCD! Every marker the boys own are dried up because to put a cap back on would require way too much focus! Austin leaves a trail behind him wherever he goes - "Mom, where's my drink?" -The one that I had just given him two minutes before. He's been sitting watching tv and yet the drink is gone and the three of us have NO clue where it now is! We will find next month in some total random location. Poor Gary cannot keep his electrical/duct/packaging tape drawer stocked at all. Austin is always in there raiding it for some great invention! Building a motorcycle with his bike, the motor from the a lawn mower and duct tape. Austin will constantly leave the house for school with no shoes on. I get in the car and have to check for bare feet! But...he does it all with a mile-wide smile on his face. He sings. He dances. He giggles like none other! It is music to my ears. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Logan? Logan is The Pleaser. The Follow All the Rules guy. He does not step out of line. He is Mr. Cautious. Don't get me wrong, he's still is a wild man. He does front and back flips. He pushes his physical limitations, or lack thereof to the limit. He is an amazing athlete. He has a mind for the game. He has always reminded me of a 15 year old athlete trapped in a little kids' body. And he is tuned in. Every minute. He is listening to everything. Taking it all in. He hears. And he is the first... to right a wrong. To ease the suffering. To give in...so that someone else is happy. He is a giver. And I have to watch him more closely, to make sure that his needs are getting met. He will suffer quietly rather than take away from someone else (Austin). He is also my little non-truth teller. ;-) Because he always wants to be perfect and to be doing "the right thing" - because to do the wrong thing...goes against his inner being. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So....the snowmen. Here are their two completed projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNw-hbbWonlTc-UzJ73oOKjJ8KhtqVq6HRMfknKadUhhcNxND_l5eSJf6ATB5TMmNVQ8E_lVy34fnDtEXgOMdsQSuwwGhTM9ozag21h9HkCoyCFuC5U0m-1ryzXLICHcl2ecNWpMWodo/s1600/IMG_3013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNw-hbbWonlTc-UzJ73oOKjJ8KhtqVq6HRMfknKadUhhcNxND_l5eSJf6ATB5TMmNVQ8E_lVy34fnDtEXgOMdsQSuwwGhTM9ozag21h9HkCoyCFuC5U0m-1ryzXLICHcl2ecNWpMWodo/s400/IMG_3013.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Upon closer inspection, we will observe Austin's generous glue usage. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7c9y1td2YB2yjc5NK8thD9_sOj93VnwK9G8lgmi0hdCG-OvCIxUK18B9fD-iV6URegpxs3jE4YLIl-ZkRsp-0zjSBWsPUPmO8geei7HmmSj8JYnZmgOXT6-eyVafROdFgbw1I_DkO08/s1600/IMG_3020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7c9y1td2YB2yjc5NK8thD9_sOj93VnwK9G8lgmi0hdCG-OvCIxUK18B9fD-iV6URegpxs3jE4YLIl-ZkRsp-0zjSBWsPUPmO8geei7HmmSj8JYnZmgOXT6-eyVafROdFgbw1I_DkO08/s400/IMG_3020.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The ribbon and mittens even have extra glue stains from where they were placed in several locations and moved around before landing in their final residing place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyO11p-y40aqVlAgqwmDm7F0igAimBDbwIJNcWsmnGyg8uAFOD8DdtmZH25NlQIj2LGHMiCMuRJleSOM3slE0aj_YhqV3ln6soteCfqV2cfmZsUyD5xMSqB7Aud-3vssa_gBS4IyD5sc/s1600/IMG_3025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyO11p-y40aqVlAgqwmDm7F0igAimBDbwIJNcWsmnGyg8uAFOD8DdtmZH25NlQIj2LGHMiCMuRJleSOM3slE0aj_YhqV3ln6soteCfqV2cfmZsUyD5xMSqB7Aud-3vssa_gBS4IyD5sc/s400/IMG_3025.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love his creative, free spirit. It may look a hot mess, but it's beautiful to me! It represents everything that he is! Colorful, going in a 1,000 different directions an once, a big red shiny smile, and layers of drawings/color underneath it all!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan's - couldn't be more "perfect" than it is. </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxvwtuMSX4dBOLFZerM_unirPiDBWSuuPV6X-9t1Ij6sFPJbU7yrTu9jNrw82dvL0FmcN2U1LmRGmn8JsrWlUsfP4ejDwBchJ2OmfPTebWou5qdfTcqYVvCvILV_Dnx-j2Fme2fweF40/s1600/IMG_3021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxvwtuMSX4dBOLFZerM_unirPiDBWSuuPV6X-9t1Ij6sFPJbU7yrTu9jNrw82dvL0FmcN2U1LmRGmn8JsrWlUsfP4ejDwBchJ2OmfPTebWou5qdfTcqYVvCvILV_Dnx-j2Fme2fweF40/s400/IMG_3021.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Everything lined up, right where it should be. Nice and neat. And it was his idea to put a heart on the snowman. (Then, Austin wanted a BIGGER heart on his). He asked me to cut out the hat, and he was thrilled when I handed him exactly what he wanted! He told me I was a very good scissor cutter (Whereas Austin yelled at me, for not giving him even MORE glue!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd4mf8Sf7CJOSyEwLPwL0rpvic11YDNuHOy3g1JiSkJEzquM9DEDFHLUj-hQ4orFmHj7kgj062gfpkoK3r8fTe1JRZkVxGWyKRK-CPOWjnse5KcuYnYK4U190oO7UyxrgpfPxwp_F52s/s1600/IMG_3027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd4mf8Sf7CJOSyEwLPwL0rpvic11YDNuHOy3g1JiSkJEzquM9DEDFHLUj-hQ4orFmHj7kgj062gfpkoK3r8fTe1JRZkVxGWyKRK-CPOWjnse5KcuYnYK4U190oO7UyxrgpfPxwp_F52s/s400/IMG_3027.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Logan has no mess. His paper is clean. It is simple and it is to the point. And it is beautiful. And just like my with Logan, this is what you see when you first see him. A perfectly, well-behaved child. Aiming to please others. I know his layers though. I know that this is just a face he gives the world. He has trouble with his emotions. With his sense of security. He fears so much. And I am so grateful that he knows he can show that side to me. That he feels safe enough to lash out at me. And (even though he feels SO remorseful), he knows that Mom will still be there after the rage leaves. This is going to sound silly to those from the non-adoption world, but the other day at ice skating/hockey, Logan was working on a new skill - skating backwards, and I was cheering him on. He skated over to me, I leaned down and through his little mouth guard with gritted teeth, he scowled back at me, "Shut UP, MOM! Just Shut. UP!" I was taken aback, didn't know what was gong on. This is the point in my life where other parents/strangers look at me like I should yank my child into the next century for speaking to me so rudely. I attempted to calmly explain to Logan that I was just proud of him for working so hard - to which he just kept yelling at me. A few minutes later, when we were off the ice, he said - "Mom, I know I was doing good skating backwards, but I was REALLY, really nervous about it!" And being nervous, and having trouble dealing with his emotions - he took it out the only way he knew how, by lashing out at me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, this sucks. I don't always take it well. But I do try. And this time, for the first time - he was able to identify an emotion! This is HUGE to me. For us. It means, we are making progress!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I started out this post to be carefree - but I felt like Logan's struggles and monumental mile-marker needed to be acknowledged! It's such a huge progress for us - and I don't often talk about our struggles, but I do want to document them for us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now - back to our snowmen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gP_IlTaUs5qcPKCBVRcMpl8sP065l3Widp6q2uLqtMhhmDhAdZTbHts4Vh85DqveQI4qP9H1YDy520Kx8HAv1R8iRYOabPZ_aN5T8ZS4DdDrYdU70Qgb7L_Ne0DPJdzNS1uTUP9Sh4k/s1600/IMG_3028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gP_IlTaUs5qcPKCBVRcMpl8sP065l3Widp6q2uLqtMhhmDhAdZTbHts4Vh85DqveQI4qP9H1YDy520Kx8HAv1R8iRYOabPZ_aN5T8ZS4DdDrYdU70Qgb7L_Ne0DPJdzNS1uTUP9Sh4k/s400/IMG_3028.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center">I love everything about their differences!</div><div align="center">I wish it was so easy for other people to see. </div><div align="center">Or I wish it was easy for me to try and explain their differences as clearly as these snowmen do!<br />
For now, I guess I'll just stick with:<br />
"Yes, they are different. They are very, very different!"<br />
And I wouldn't have it. any. other way! </div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624006985310718301noreply@blogger.com4